What effects would joining a MCO have on your clinic regarding staffing, patient volume, and financial stability?

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You are a new physician setting up your own practice in a new town. You are researching the different MCOs offered in your area and are considering becoming a physician for one of these networks. You have also invited the sales representatives of several health plans to speak with you about the benefits of choosing their plans.

Based on the above scenario, answer the following questions:

  • What effects would joining a MCO have on your clinic regarding staffing, patient volume, and financial stability?
  • What policies and procedures should be used by the MCOs to reduce costs for their clientele?
  • Discuss the ethical issues or concerns about MCOs providing a lower quality of care compared to traditional fee-for-service (FFS) organizations?
  • What are some of the questions you would ask each representative about his or her company’s specific plan that will help you make a decision?
  • Do you believe that the evolution of MCOs and consumer driven health plans (CDHPs) has affected the healthcare environment today by integrating the financing and delivery of healthcare services? If yes, how?
  • How have the roles and relationships between physicians and patients changed by each of these types of plans?

Why does she have bacteria and white blood cell casts in her urine? Include the pathophysiological response of body for your analysis.

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Overview of the Mechanisms of Kidney Function

Ms. Cornwall is admitted with pyelonephritis. She has chills, and her temperature is 101°F. She is complaining of flank pain, frequency, and dysuria. Her urine has white blood cell casts and shows growth of Escherichia coli (E. coli).

Based on the above scenario, answer the following questions:

  • Why does she have bacteria and white blood cell casts in her urine? Include the pathophysiological response of body for your analysis.
  • What are the differences when comparing prerenal acute renal injury, intrarenal acute renal injury, and postrenal acute renal injury? Give examples of each and pathological processes related to each disease process.

What methods can organizations use to communicate the initial strategic plan and provide routine updates?

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What  methods can organizations use to communicate the initial strategic plan and provide routine updates?

What are your thoughts on using detailed action plans to further the objectives of strategic planning?  Why are action plans useful?

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What are your thoughts on using detailed action plans to further the objectives of strategic planning?  Why are action plans useful?

 

Reference

Swayne, L.E., Duncan, W.J., & Ginter, P.M. (2013). Strategic management of health care organizations (7th ed). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

How important is it to understand the organizational culture when implementing the strategic plan?

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How important is it to understand the organizational culture when implementing the strategic plan?

. Discuss the test you will use to address the study hypothesis and which measures of central tendency you will report for demographic variables.

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Discuss the differences between non-parametric and parametric tests. Provide an example of each and discuss when it is appropriate to use the test. Next, discuss the assumptions that must be met by the investigator to run the test.

 

Conclude with a brief discussion of your data analysis plan. Discuss the test you will use to address the study hypothesis and which measures of central tendency you will report for demographic variables.

 

Provide constructive, supportive feedback to your classmates’ posts.

 

Evaluate the outcomes of the hypothetical application of your intervention. Did statistical differences occur in the outcomes? Were there qualitative reports of change?

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For this Assignment you will create a document:

  • a minimum of 5 pages in length (excluding title page and references);
  • supported with a minimum of five scholarly, peer review sources external to those assigned in class for this unit;
  • follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
  • well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
  • display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and;
  • use APA 6th edition format.

The content for this essay will include:

  1. Identify a specific target population for the evidence-based clinical prevention and population health intervention you proposed in your Unit 7 Discussion
  2. Analyze the:
    1. cultural;
    2. psychosocial dimensions;
    3. environmental factors;
    4. demographic descriptors;
    5. health literacy; and
    6. if appropriate, the bio-statistical data for the specific target population.
  3. Hypothetically, apply the intervention from Unit 7 to your target population. Be creative! You can decide whether your intervention concluded with positive or negative results but you must describe how you evaluated the outcomes to support your choice. For example, did you use a Likert scale? A survey? Did you collect statistical data?
  4. Evaluate the outcomes of the hypothetical application of your intervention. Did statistical differences occur in the outcomes? Were there qualitative reports of change?

analysis of surveillance data collected for the risk assessment including sources of data (bibliographic databases, U.S government sources of data and peer reviewed evidence based findings);

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Assignment: Population Health Care Delivery Project: Community Risk Assessment

 

Purpose:

 

The four components of this Population Health Care Delivery Project include:

 

  • community risk assessment;
  • intervention development;
  • implementation plan;
  • evaluation plan.

 

In this unit you will complete the community risk assessment which is the first step in development of a Population Health Care Delivery Project.

 

This Assignment is used as the evaluation tool for Course Outcome 2: Summarize, based on the evidence, specific population health risks.

 

Directions:

 

You will write a 3 page document (excluding the title and reference pages) which contains:

 

  • demographic and social determinants for your population health;
  • community infrastructure variables;
  • analysis of surveillance data collected for the risk assessment including
    • sources of data (bibliographic databases, U.S government sources of data and peer reviewed evidence based findings);
    • data calculations; and
    • criteria for assessing the quality and utility of the epidemiologic data.
  • outcomes from the risk assessment related to the health of your target population;
  • you must select one screening tool from one peer reviewed journal article and discuss the reliability and validity of the tool; and
  • a minimum of five peer reviewed evidence based journal articles with findings relevant to your target population and selected epidemiological problem no older than 5 years.

 

Your writing Assignment should:

 

  • follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
  • be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
  • display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and;
  • use APA 6th edition format.

what type of resistLance do you expect from staff?

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Implementing Change Despite Resistance

Change can be difficult to implement. Now that you are almost finished with your change project, if you were to implement your project in your clinical practice, what type of resistLance do you expect from staff? ist at least three ways that you can lessen the resistance you may encounter to help ensure the success of your project.